QuantifiersCountablesandUncountablesInTheEnglishLanguage.pptx

Presentación en inglés sobre los cuantificadores, sus diferencias, y vocabulario útil para este tema.

1. How much of it? - Quantifiers J. Alberto A. González

2. Talking about quantity - Quantifiers Whenever we want to talk about quantity, we use quantifiers. In English we have countable and uncountable nouns, and these are going to tell us which quantifier to use.

3. Countables are nouns that we can count with numbers: “There are 4 oranges in the table.” Uncountable , in the opposite way, are nouns that we cannot count with numbers. Normally because they are abstract ideas, they are too small or too amorphous to be counted (liquids, gases, powders, etc.). “I’m feeling dehydrated. I need some water”.

4. SOME / ANY They are used before plural nouns and uncountable nouns (to talk about an indefinite quantity): EXAMPLES: Some letters Any letters Some money Any money

5. SOME Some is used in questions when we want to encourage people to say “yes”, for example in requests and offers: EXAMPLES: Can you let me have some paper? Would you like some more tea? Have you got some paper I could have, please?

6. ANY Any is used in negative and general question form: EX: Do you have any paper I could use? - I’m sorry, I don’t have any paper here. It is used after words with negative meaning such as without, never, rarely, hardly, etc. EX: You never do any homework! There are hardly any eggs left.

7. MUCH / MANY We use much and many mostly in questions and negative. Much is used with uncountable nouns , and many is used with countable nouns. EX: “Is there much rice left? - I’m sorry, we haven’t got much rice left”.

8. MUCH / MANY We often use much and many in affirmative sentences after too, as, so and very: EX: “Take as much soda as you want”. “I have so many papers to sign”. “We are enjoying the party very much”. “We’ve got too much trouble now”.

9. A LOT In affirmative sentences we normally use a lot (of), lots (of) and plenty (of). This can be used with countable and uncountable nouns: EX: “We’ve got a lot of milk”. (We don’t say “we’ve got much milk”). “He’s got lots of / plenty of homework to do”.